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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>eBook brought to you byCreate, view, and edit PDF. Download the free trial version.by appearing before them with the letter in one hand, thecheck in the other, announcing that she had won theprize. Of course there was a great jubilee, and when thestory came everyone read and praised it, though after herfather had told her that the language was good, theromance fresh and hearty, and the tragedy quite thrilling,he shook his head, and said in his unworldly way...‘You can do better than this, Jo. Aim at the highest,and never mind the money.’‘I think the money is the best part of it. What will youdo with such a fortune?’ asked Amy, regarding the magicslip of paper with a reverential eye.‘Send Beth and Mother to the seaside for a month ortwo,’ answered Jo promptly.To the seaside they went, after much discussion, andthough Beth didn’t come home as plump and rosy ascould be desired, she was much better, while Mrs. Marchdeclared she felt ten years younger. So Jo was satisfied withthe investment of her prize money, and fell to work with acheery spirit, bent on earning more of those delightfulchecks. She did earn several that year, and began to feelherself a power in the house, for by the magic of a pen,her ‘rubbish’ turned into comforts for them all. TheDuke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand471 of 861

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